Submitted on Sunday 14th April 2019
Rejected on Monday 13th May 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Speed passage of the Overseas Electors Bill giving the vote to Britons abroad.
The Overseas Electors Bill, a private member’s bill sponsored by Glyn Davies MP, passed its third reading in the House of Commons on 22 March 2019. It has yet to go to the House of Lords.
Given that a second referendum on EU membership is frequently mooted, the signatories of this petition ask that the parliamentary procedures be accelerated to ensure that the Overseas Electors Bill passes through the remaining stages swiftly to re-enfranchise Britons abroad in time for any new vote.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/252711
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